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Donegal All Ireland winner tragically passes away
BREAKING NEWS Some desperately sad news emerging tonight – former Donegal footballer James McHugh has tragically lost his life in a road traffic accident in Co Cavan. His wife Noreen has been airlifted to Beaumount Hospital in Dublin, such were/are the seriousness of her injuries. A third person involved in the collision was brought to…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – Aug. 10th 2026
5.26: NOD OF APPROVAL (SIMON TORRENS/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.57: HOW’S ELLIE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.27: CHEMDAWG (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 6.57: MAX MERIDIUS – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TOM MULLINS) 7.27: KILLOWEN HOUSE (JACK GILLIGAN (5)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 7.57: GAINSVILLE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.30: PILGRIM’S WALK (ROSS SUGRUE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL)
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Harry hits the net as Dunboyne top the ‘Hill
ALL COUNTY IFC – Round 1 St Peter’s Dunboyne…1-14Summerhill…0-13 Harry Healy’s first half goal proved that, no matter how much Gaelic football might change and evolve, sometimes the old maxim about goals winning games cannot be disproven. For that’s exactly how it played out in Moynalvey on Sunday morning as Dunboyne’s second string kicked on…
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Selections for Downpatrick – Aug. 9th 2026
1.58: LILANBEE (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/SONNY CAREY) 2.33: CHANCEAWETMORNING (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.08: PRALOGNAN – EW – (DAN KING/TONY MARTIN) 3.43: SAMBA TRAIN (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 4.18: MAGICAL SAL – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/COLM MCBRATNEY) 4.53: SPEAKASYOUFIND – EW – (ROSS SUGRUE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.28: CULDOO (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Curragh – Aug. 9th 2026
1.15: TRADEWINDS – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 1.45: ADMIRED BEAUTY – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JIM BOLGER) 2.15: SHAKESPEARE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.50: HEADMASTER – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.25: BIG GOSSEY – EW – (BILLY LEE/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 4.00: SUN GODESS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.35: GO ATHLETICO (RONAN WHELAN/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.10: KALIR…
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Mrs Margaret McConville – RIP
I have very mixed feelings about Lourdes, the place of Holy pilgrimage in France. At least partly down to my own youthful (as it was then!) naievity. Having been there twice, certainly the second time, when I was just turned 13, muggins here had himself fully convinced there was going to be a miracle and…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Aug. 8th 2026
5.18: FACILE OCEAN (EOGHAN FINEGAN (5)/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.48: SYOSSET (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.18: MASTER SYDNEY – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/PAUL FLYNN) 6.48: PETS GEORGINA (JJ SLEVIN/JOHN RYAN) 7.18: ANODANDAWINK (PETER SMITHERS (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 7.48:
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Selections for Wexford – Aug. 8th 2026
2.15: TELL THE BOYS (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.50: MARIAN AVENUE (PHILIP BYRNES/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.25: NADIAS BOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.00: LEAVE IN SECRET (JAMES SMITH (5)/TOM GIBNEY) 4.35: ROCKONLIAM (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.05: RIGHTFOLKSPLEASE (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.35: HONEY BUCKS (JOHN GLEESON/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)
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Selections for Gowran Park – Aug. 7th 2026
5.05: PROFIT SURGE (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE) 5.35: GREYDREAMBELIEVER – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.10: ALFRED TENNYSON – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 6.45: GLAMAZON – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: SERGEI DHIAGLEIV (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.55: GOD OF POWER – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/ANDY SLATTERY) 8.30: MS MESSI – EW –…
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Selections for Wexford – Aug. 7th 2026
4.45: TOMTHESCAFFOLDER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.16: AVANDRA – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.51: SHABOOZEE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.26: CLONE CROSS – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/SIMON CAVANAGH) 7.01: HOBS ANGEL – EW – (DAN KING/JIMMY BARCOE) 7.36: POPPYCON (JOSH HALFORD (7)/EOIN DOYLE) 8.11: SHUIL SOLAS (JOHN GLEESON/JOHN KIELY)
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